Trials that lie ahead

Lucas

"I can go?" I ask Guide.

He nods "Yes, whenever you are ready, just let go and you will be stronger than ever," his smile is warm.

So warm.

"I don't know how to go and face the real world right now."

Remembering Gabriel and the past we shared hurts. I left him, I left him when he needed me.

Does he remember the boy he liked?

Or did he block it out like I did?

"You don't need to overthink. Gabriel is waiting for you...remember?" he reminds me, but my mind is in a haze, I don't even know what I am thinking and I don't know how to comprehend everything.

"How do I face him?"

Guide keeps his smile "You tell him the truth. Lay out all your cards but you need to fight right now, you need to fight to live."